It had been a long, long time since he'd walked into his dorm room--and yet, everything was exactly as he'd left it. After a trip home on vacation had led to the entire house going up in flames, his parents had concluded that he clearly wasn't getting suitable instruction at Amityville, and so had kept him home far longer than the expected 'week or two'.
However, having realized that he much preferred his own expectations of perfection to his parents, it had simply taken him awhile to...convince them that sending him back was in the best interests of all concerned.
His timing couldn't have been better, either--it was Fright Night, one of his favorite nights of the entire year. Feeling more light-hearted than he had in awhile, Aedan headed back out into the hallway, to enjoy the festivities.